Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 02:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 767 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 191 Parallax 182 137% 180 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 161 Splatting 115 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,993 Write 263 Mixed 427 191% 894 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 22.6 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 76.5 131% 261 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 210%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215905224 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3603652 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 487850012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7334 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35278861367784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5007420228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18676063999	91.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 161 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 471GB free Firmware: AY000U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4830 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 23880 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10495 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 612 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 126836 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749151255 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4228 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	39.1% Below average	Read 73.9 Write 62.3 Mixed 73.4 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 96.5 Write 88.1 Mixed 65 103% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,563x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	574x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	132x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16